Electric-wire cleat or holder



(No Model.)

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' Patented Jan. 30, 1894.

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PATENT ALBERT V. FULLER, OF SAUGUS, MASSAOHUSETTS.

ELECTRlCflWIRE CLEAT OR HOLDER.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,564, dated January30, 1894.

Application filed March 13, 1893.` Serial llo-465,682. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERTW. FULLER, of Saugus, county of EsseX, Stateof Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Electric-W'ire Cleatsor Holders,of which the following description, in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters and figures onthe drawings representing like parts.

Cleats for securing electric wires have usually consisted of porcelainblocks having two parallel grooves formed upon one of the sides or facesthereof which receive the wires, and hold them a certain distance apart.The grooves in said blocks have beenmade of different widths or sizes toaccommodate wires of different sizes or gages, but in practice in wiringbuildings usually several different sizes or gages of wires areemployed, and as a result the mechanic must carry a full line of cleatshaving grooves of different widths.

This invention has forits object to improve the construction of suchcleats whereby a single cleat may be adapted for all ordinary sizes orgages of wires commonly employed, thereby making a universal cleat. i

In carrying out this invention each cleat is formed with several sidesor faces, four being herein shown, each side or face having two parallelgrooves of a different width or size so that by turning the cleat theproper width or size of groove may be presented for use. In order thatthe wires may be supported at the proper distance from the ceiling orwall, as required in many cities, two like cleats will be employed, andthe wires supported between them, and said cleats will be provided withsuitable holes for screws or their equivalents employed for. securingthe said cleats to the ceiling or wall. These holes may be utilized asadditional supports for wires if desired as will be described.

Figure l, shows in side elevation a pair of cleats embodying thisinvention secured to a ceiling, and holding a pair of wires; Figs. 2 to5 inclusive,side elevations of one end of one of the cleats showinggrooves of four different widths, and Fig. 6, an end View of the partsshown in Fig. 1,

The cleats a, b, are made alike or substan- `tially so, and consist ofblocks of porcelain or` equivalent material, of a length sufficient tocorrespond with the distance apart which it is desired to arrange thewires. The blockaJ is herein shown as made quadrangular, and therebyhaving four sides or faces, yet so far as my invention is concerned anyother suitable number maybe employed. Each side or face of said block,or so many of the sides or faces thereof as may be desired, have formedupon them two parallel grooves as 2, 2, of similar width or size, thelgrooves however upon t'ne different sides or faces varying in width orsize to receive the different gages or sizes of wire.

By referring to Figs. 2 to 5, inclusive, it Will be seen that the foursides or faces of the block are -separately represented and the grooves2, varying in width or'size, that groove in Fig. 2, being widest, and inFig. 5, being narrowest. Also as herein shown each groove is providedwith a narrow projection 3, which impinges the wire to better hold it in'place.

In many instances but a single cleat or block will be used which will besecured to the ceiling or wall by screws 4, or otherwise.

The cleat or block is formed with holes through it for said screws, andalso with holes through it at right angles to the aforesaid holes, inorder that the cleat may be secured with any one of its sides or facesbearing against the wire.

In instances where two cleats are employed, as represented in Fig. l,clamping and holding the wire between them, and away from theceiling orwall, they may both be turned at will to bring corresponding groovesinto position for use, and to facilitate such action I have providedeach side or face upon which IOO I o many-sided block having twoparallel groovesV formed upon two or more of its sides, and of differentsizes, and the holes 5, through said block, substantially asV described.

3. A cleat for electric wires. consisting of a many-sided block havingtwo parallel grooves formed upon two or more of its sides, and pro,-jectionsl 3, in said grooves, substantially asl described.

4. A cleat for electric wires consisting of a quadrangular block havingtwo; parallel grooves formed upon each of its-sides of: a differentsize, and holes 5, passing through said -block at right angles withrelation to each other as shown, substantially as described.

5.L An. electric wire sap-port consisting of 'two cleats each composedof a block having two parallel grooves formed upon two or more ofitssides or faces, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT w. FULLER.

Witnesses: r

BERNICE J. NoYEs, OHARLES B. OROCKER.

